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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1958
Page
10
St. Louis report notes the National Council of Churches calls for a July Fourth focused on liberty and democracy, stressing spiritual foundations over mere family outings. The group urges celebrations that reflect faith in democratic ideals.
E Walton Opie publisher of the Staunton News Leader and Staunton Evening Leader wins the 1957 Lee Editorial Award. The citation will be presented at the Virginia Press Association banquet in Richmond by Paxton Davis of the Lee Foundation. Opie was recognized for editorials on Virginia mental hospitals.
In Columbus Georgia 31 year old Policeman Joseph E Cameron is charged with murder in the death of jailed Negro C H Pickett who died December 23 after claiming he was beaten by a white officer December 21. A preliminary hearing in Recorder's Court is set for Monday.
Washington reports the new session will focus on Russia's Sputniks and ballistic advances. President Eisenhower prepares a State of the Union on defense needs with a proposed 74 billion budget starting July 1 and a four year education aid program amid election year gridlock and limited tax cut prospects.
Five Norfolk policemen were arrested after a probe into break-ins and larcenies. Police Chief Harold Anderson promised an all out investigation and said no one would be treated leniently. The suspects include Walter Fagan Lawrence Migliaccio Pleas Holt Donald Bailey Walter Lewis.
Dr. Jenny Leon Nowinski a Polish theorist in thermoelasticity defected citing political moral and religious conditions in Poland. He arrived Oct 16 as Johns Hopkins guest professor and sought refuge after his wife and daughter reached England. He warns of impact on colleagues while his departure came after Polish Academy pressure.
Howard Rushmore a former Confidential Magazine editor and anti Communist writer shot and killed his estranged wife Frances 37 and then killed himself in a taxicab near Madison Avenue and 97th Street New York. The couple argued as cab driver Edward Pearlman heard shots and witnessed the suicide before driving to a station house. Frances Rushmore a former Journal American woman’s editor and mother of two, had left Rushmore two days before Christmas after a troubled marriage.
Mrs. Harry Lovett becomes the first woman to open a law office in Winchester after obtaining city and state licenses on Thursday. Born in Baltimore, she holds AB from Goucher and LB from University of Baltimore Law School, with earlier work in political science at the New School. She practiced in Baltimore and joined the Virginia State Bar in 1947.
Senator Monroney denounces turning a vital Boeing KC135 four engine jet tanker into a Nixon taxi. He sent a telegram to Defense Secretary McElroy urging no permanent diversion while SAC needs are unmet. The Air Force says the KC135 at Andrews AFB will stay for evaluations but can be used by Nixon as needed.
The text identifies the Association of University Women AAUW local branch electing or mentioning their second vice president Mrs Lovett. It notes her family living at 634 Tennyson Ave with her husband and two children.
The parrot can sweep a thin whitish membrane across the eye from the inner side in an odd motion that looks like a wink to wipe its eye clear.
The American Judaism magazine lists bigotry lying vulgarity and international anarchy as the chief sins of the present era. It estimates the US Negro population at 14 million.
The Church of the Nazarene begins its 50th anniversary year with watch night services on New Year’s Eve in about 4,500 churches nationwide. Founded in 1908, the denomination has roughly 300,000 members.
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